Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2015 January 25

= January 25 =

Theonym
From the article: "Theonyms have been particularly useful in understanding the connections of Indo-European languages." Why might this be the case? ÷seresin 20:57, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * That word "particularly" is exaggeration to the point of falsity. The Indo-European mythology is of interest, but many of the terms show what is probably tabu replacement. Of much more importance is the common grammatical forms of the Proto-Indo-European language and the Swadesh list and various cultural words having to do with technology and animal husbandry.  What you want is the expensive and rare Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture by James Mallory (Editor), D.Q. Adams (Editor), but available in pdf at Scribd, or the accessible and encyclopedic The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World by J. P. Mallory  (Author), D. Q. Adams (Author) (here at Amazon). μηδείς (talk) 22:34, 25 January 2015 (UTC)


 * There is also the phenomenon of assimilation and adoption which makes the topic quite complex. The Roman treatment of foreign gods is famous, see also evocatio. μηδείς (talk) 18:03, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Another Arabic request
In http://www.asp.ps/ I need the text for the name of en:American School of Palestine and I also would like to have the Arabic street address.

Thank you WhisperToMe (talk) 23:17, 25 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Name: مدرسة فلسطین الامیرکیة
 * Address: ١٥ شارع بیت نبالا، البیرة، ص.ب ٦٨٥، رام الله، فلسطین . Omidinist (talk) 03:43, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you! WhisperToMe (talk) 04:34, 26 January 2015 (UTC)